[sdiy] Special tools for SMT

[cheater cheater]

Correction, that "straight edge" is not using tape, they're using 3D
printed rails to slide the tape in... It's similar to this thing,
fully made out of metal, which you can buy ready made for $40ish:
https://www.joom.com/en/products/5e9e87a78b451301015ffeca
This one has the advantage that unlike the plexi straight edge, it
does not end in a "blind", meaning that you can slide out the emptied
tape and cut it off every now and then. With the plexi one, it seems
like you have to slide the tape all the way back out to cut off the
used part and advance the tape.


Here's another design, $15 on tindie - out of stock, but message them,
who knows: https://www.tindie.com/products/dragorn/manual-smd-feeder/

On Wed, Feb 9, 2022 at 3:46 PM cheater cheater
<cheater00social at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> There's also this:
>
> https://www.eevblog.com/forum/projects/my-take-on-the-diy-pnp-smt-feeder/
>
> One guy shows a complicated design, another shows what he made:
> basically a long straight edge made out of plexi, with a groove cut
> into it. He puts the tape in the glue and then tapes it down with
> sticky tape along its two parallel edges. Then he pulls down the
> protecting sheet as necessary. This seems very simple and hard to get
> wrong, but it takes a bunch of space.
>
> There's also a design on reprap. https://reprap.org/wiki/Pick-n-Place_Feeders
>
> On Wed, Feb 9, 2022 at 3:40 PM cheater cheater
> <cheater00social at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > What are those scissors good for?
> >
> > For SMT reels, there's this, which could start you off on your work...
> > https://tim.cexx.org/?p=803
> >
> > Personally I would have made it out of metal.
> >
> > On Wed, Feb 9, 2022 at 3:23 PM mark verbos via Synth-diy
> > <synth-diy at synth-diy.org> wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi there,
> > >
> > > I’m working with SMT all the time now. Occasionally (right now) I have to replace 50 of the same 0603 resistor on a PCB. I have hot tweezers, which is very fast for taking them off/putting them on, but getting the new resistor out of a reel or bin in my parts box is clumsy and slow. Is there a feeder system that anyone knows of that is intended for hand rework, so that each resistor appears on the tape ready to be picked up? All this dropping and flipping them is making me crazy.
> > >
> > > While we’re talking about it, is there any other special tools that you can’t live without? I’ll start…. my new favorite is my “electrician’s scissors”
> > > https://www.mouser.com/ProductDetail/Jonard-Industries/ES-1964DS?qs=sGAEpiMZZMsUJpHmmVieqCc%252BkZ0YTPrF%252BPTJ3%252BvwMcc%3D
> > >
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > > Mark
> > >
> > >
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